ODWC Weekly Fishing Report

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The Daily Ardmoreite

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Posted Jan. 18, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Posted Jan. 18, 2013 at 3:00 PM

The following information is provided the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department:

Arbuckle: January 12. Elevation 5 3/4 ft. below normal, water 45 and stained in the upper arms and windblown banks. Crappie fair on white/chartreuse 1/8 oz. jigs or minnows at 25-35 ft. off brush piles in the lake and slow around docks. White bass good on CC spoons along mid-lake knolls and creek channel bends out from the dam. Bass fair on jerk baits, crankbaits and drop-shot rigs and fair on Alabama rigs. Report submitted by Jack Melton.

Blue River: January 15. Elevation normal, water 38 and clear. Trout good on garlic scented Power Bait, in-line spinnerbaits and power worms. Fly fishing good on woolly buggers, San Juan worms, egg patterns and caddis flies. Channel catfish fair on blood bait and chicken liver in larger pools around current. Report submitted by Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Blue River: January 15. Approximately 4,000 rainbow trout were stocked on January 8. Report submitted by Matt Gamble, biologist at the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.

Broken Bow: January 13. Elevation below normal. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass good on crankbaits and black #11 jig-and-pigs in deeper water around points. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs around structure. Catfish fair on juglines and trotlines baited with cut bait. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Eufaula: January 13. Elevation 5 ft. below normal, water clear. Blue catfish fair on shad drifting the flats. Crappie fair on small minnows and small jigs around boat docks with brush. Report submitted by Ed Rodebush, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Lower Mountain Fork: January 13. Try mayfly nymphs in sizes 16, 18 and 20. Size 20 soft hackles in yellow, olive and orange are working in all three zones as well as pink and yellow egg patterns. Report submitted by Jesse King, Three Rivers Fly Shop.

Pine Creek: January 13. All public boat ramps have been closed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. No fishing activity to report due to extremely low water levels. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: January 15. Bass fair on crankbaits and stick baits off points, along creek channels and in coves up river. Spotted bass excellent up the Canadian River; look for concentration of gulls. Crappie good up Big Sanbois Creek around deeper submerged brush. White bass and striped bass fair on minnows and shad crankbaits up river in deeper holes and around rock ledges. Channel and blue catfish excellent on trotlines and juglines baited with cut bait at 12-20 ft. close to creek and river channels. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Haskell County.

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Texoma: January 13. Elevation 5 ft. below normal, water 50 and clear. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair to good on large crankbaits and plastic worms at 10-20 ft. around points and riprap. Striped and white bass fair to good on live bait, slabs and sassy shad at 10-30 ft. in the river channels. Channel and blue catfish fair to good on live bait and stinkbait at 10-20 ft. from Catfish Bay to the Washita River. Crappie fair on minnows and jigs at 5-15 ft. around underwater brush. Sunfish fair on tube jigs and worms at 5-10 ft. around fish attractors and docks. Report submitted by Danny Clubb, game warden stationed in Bryan County.